Alert archive / North Carolina / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2021, 4:21 PM EDT for Lenoir County, North Carolina. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2021, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2021, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 40
County Lenoir County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 102 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1937 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
606
WWUS82 KMHX 152021
SPSMHX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
421 PM EDT Sun Aug 15 2021
NCZ044-079-091-092-193-152100-
Greene NC-Jones NC-Lenoir NC-Northern Craven NC-Pitt NC-
421 PM EDT Sun Aug 15 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Jones,
southern Greene, Lenoir, northwestern Craven and south central Pitt
Counties through 500 PM EDT...
At 421 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Kinston Regional Jetport, or over Kinston, moving northwest at 15
mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Greenville, Kinston, Ayden, La Grange, Grifton, Snow Hill, Fort
Barnwell, Dawson, Maury, Ormondsville, Graingers, Institute, Jason,
Roundtree, Kinston Regional Jetport, Hookerton, Sandy Bottom and
Shine.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 3547 7782 3550 7739 3527 7731 3517 7773
3533 7783 3536 7782 3538 7780 3540 7780
3543 7783 3547 7783
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 143DEG 11KT 3531 7760
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
SGKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Greene | 66 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.